3.0.0 445 2022-11-15T16:34:29Z 2022-11-15T16:34:29Z Senate S S 2013-03-04 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-03-04T23:23:45Z Local Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 113 953 HR 2013-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. Related bill CRS 2013-03-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2013-03-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2013-03-04 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2013-03-04 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2013-03-04 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2013-03-04 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-03-04 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2013-03-04 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2013-03-04 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2013-03-07 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2013-03-11 False H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2013-03-11 False E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2013-04-22 False C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2013-04-24 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2014-04-02 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2014-04-30 False Law Government buildings, facilities, and property Law enforcement administration and funding Law enforcement officers State and local courts Law 00 2013-03-04 Introduced in Senate 2013-03-20T15:07:37Z Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to permit the Director of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Assistance to carry out a training and technical assistance program to teach employees of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies how to anticipate, survive, and respond to violent encounters during the course of their duties, including duties relating to security at state, county, and tribal courthouses.

Requires the Director to give preference for any courthouse security training program to employees of jurisdictions that have magnetometers available at their courthouses.

Amends the State Justice Institute Act of 1984 to require the State Justice Institute (a private nonprofit organization established to improve judicial administration in state courts) to include courthouse safety as a factor in the national assistance program under which it provides funding to state courts and related national and nonprofit organizations. Permits state and local courts and other organizations awarded funds pursuant to Institute grants, cooperative agreements, or contracts to use such funds to improve safety and security in state and local courts.

Requires, if such a grant is awarded to state or local courts without magnetometers, that specified matching funds be used acquire a magnetometer.

Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to ensure that state or local courthouses having less security equipment than such courthouses require have an opportunity to request surplus security equipment (metal detectors, wands, baggage screening devices) before such equipment is made available to any other individual or entity. Requires that priority be given to courthouses that have no security equipment.

]]> Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 Display Title Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Courthouse Safety Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve security at State and local courthouses. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s445is/xml/BILLS-113s445is.xml 2013-03-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.